Abstract：Guan Xue (Guanzhong School) is a regional school derived from Neo-Confucianism in Guanzhong. It was founded by ZHANG Zai in the Northern Song period and declined in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Neo-Confucian scholars in Guanzhong inherited Guan Xue with great efforts, completing the genealogy of Neo-Confucianism in Guanzhong since ZHANG Zai and making Guan Xue a regional school of Neo-Confucianism which was descended from ZHANG Zai, and integrated Cheng and Zhu’s Neo-Confucianism and Wang Yangming’s Neo-Confucian School of Mind. ZHANG Zai, the founder of Guan Xue, established the framework of Neo-Confucianism with the philosophy system of “Qi-Dao-Xing-Xin-Cheng” together with the scholars of the Northern Song period, in parallel with Luo School (founded by Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi), Lian School (founded by Zhou Dunyi), and Min School (founded by Zhu Xi). In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Lv Nan learned from ZHOU Dun-yi, ZHANG Zai, the Cheng brothers, and Zhu Xi, and drew on each other’s strengths to rectify each other’s weaknesses, reviving Guan Xue with his “Benevolence Philosophy”. In the late Ming Dynasty, Feng Congwu strictly defined Guan Xue through Guan Xue Bian. In the early Qing Dynasty, Li Erqu believed that the practice of the Confucian philosophy was more important than theoretical concepts, and stressed that it was important to “illuminate its embodiment and to adapt its usefulness” (ming ti shi yong 明体适用),which again revived Guan Xue. In the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Guyu, learned in both Chinese and Western philosophies, incorporated modern academics into Guan Xue. In contemporary researches on Guan Xue, scholars have collated relevant literature, and clarified whether “Guan Xue continues after ZHANG Zai”. They have opened up a new field for the researches on Guan Xue by reconstructing the contemporary interpretation system of the logic development of Chinese traditional philosophy, and found a new way of studying Guan Xue, and thus pushed forward the contemporary study of Guan Xue.
2020, Vol. 37 
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